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The Arizona Fall League, which kicks off next week, is considered a proving ground for some of the best prospects in baseball, most of whom are right on the doorstep of the big leagues. Is a guy ready for The Show? Send him to the AFL and see how he does against some of the best and brightest – without the actual pressure of big league games.

You could use much of that same language to describe something MLB is going to be doing in the AFL this year: testing new pace of game rules changes to see how they work, and whether they’re ready for implementation at the big league level in 2015. Among the changes being tested:

A 20-second pitch clock – as in, an actual clock operated in the park (Salt River Fields games only).

Batters must keep one foot in the box throughout a plate appearance, except after foul balls, when pitches force them out of the box, or when explicitly granted time by the umpire.

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